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The Bossier banner., 1887-08-11
Notice.

i DfN'S FERRY will be opened for the
benefit of all parties desiring to cross there
during August Court. A Ferryman will be
found at the ferry at all times during daylight
Boat in good condition, and will be handled by
an experienced Ferryman.
TERMS;
The Bossier banner., 1887-08-11

]. = Julius A. Jacobs, agent, at
]. ssport, was never more anxious
] goods than now. With a lit.
10y you can get a big pile Of
The Bossier banner., 1887-08-11

= 4. Kinball, Of Minneols,
sill preach in Bellevue on
'assday night, 18th inst.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-02-03
Tahle land of Tennessee.

There are peculiaritieS of climate that are
not easily accounted for Perhaps were any
one Of them 10 be left ont. the charm would
he cone. but altogether make it a marvellous
place. The altitude is but a little over 1000
feet but there is such a delightful breeze
swecuing over the plateau, uninterrupted by
surrounding heights, that no vesti9e OF
malaria could possibly Turk there. Then the
water. while limpid and pure as spring water
can possibly be, is strongly impregnated with
the minerals that underlie the mountains. II
there is disease of any kind in the system,
these waters will bring it TO the surface,
either in the form of lAils or fine eruption,
which is not agreeable at the time, but which
leaves the patient we'll at last. 1t must be
the climate and water combined that do this,
for until a few years past the diet was GER
tainly adverse to health, being confined to
bacon and corn bread. With the new civlli-
zation all the comforts and manners Of the
outer world have crept in, and as wild game
abounds the table need never be limited. In
deed. | think the menu of supper Igiven
there few weeks ago would compare favor
ably with any one in our larger towns, be-
ginning with oysters and ending with Nea-
politan cream.-Cor. New York Sun.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-02-03
Rayapes of Leprosy in Hawaii.

Dr. Frederick L. Miner, prominent ply
stefan of Honolulu, Hawaii, is spending few
days in New York, winding up the first visit
he has made TO his native country in twenty
years.
Hawaii is one of the most beautiful and
delightful spots in the world, =" said the doctor
the other day TO party OF friends who had
given him dinner, land it is only ques-
ton of time when it will become q very rich
and profitable dependent OF some country.
The native dynasty cannot last much longer.
At present it is little more than name. The
king is sunk in idleness and luxury, and for
eign influences struggle for the control Of
things The native population OF Hawaii is
rapidly passing away. In very few years,
comparatively. it will be practically extinct.
What carries off the peoples. Leprosy, for
the most part, and then some such mysteri-
Gus incompatibility of races as made the
North American Indians melt away before
the Europeans The islanders were a fine
race originally, but the vices they have
learned from the white men have worked
their ruin.
THE ravages of leprosy in Hawaii have
not been overdrawn. don't know how they
could be even adequately described 10 one
who had never witnessed them. The terrible
disease seems 10 be poison in the blood that
will eventually run through and wipe out the
entire native race. The government does
what it can in its feeble way to keep the dis
ease from spreading. authenticated cases
are isolated on an island in the harbor. Ply
,icians hired at the public cost watch for the
disease and study its symptoms. But it still
increases steadily among the natives The
foreigners catch it sometimes. 1t is a great
mistake. however, to suppose, as most people
Do. that the disease is contagious 1t can be
communicated from one person 10 another
ONLY by contact and an actual Transmission Of
virus. as by a wound or a sore. | have treat
ed thousands of lepers, been with them when
they died. visited the leper hospital on the
island and ate the food prepared for leper
palates by leper hands. | have handled liv-
ing and dead lepers with impunity, and 50
have hundreds of other Caucasians On the
other hand hundreds Of white men have been
infected by the disease in the way that | have
named and have died the most horrible
and loathsome of deaths. New York Mail
and Express.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-02-03
A Locomotive Gas Lighter.

The covered street at Milan, now well
known as the Victor Emmanuel gallery, IS
rooted with glass and completed by large
dome. round the interior of which runs a
chain of gas lamps The lighting Of these
lamps at a considerable elevation used to
present some difficulties, and was always a
source Of risk, until an arrangement was
made for doing the work by electricity. a
miniature railway has been constructed close
70 the gas burners, on which runs a little
electric locomotive carrying wick STEPPED lii
spirits of wine. When it is desired to light
the burners the wick is set on fire and the
locomotive started on its career Ii flies
round the DOME rapidly kindling the lights,
and exciting much interest among the crowds
that assemble nightly TO witness the perform
ance.-BostOn Transcript.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-02-03

Four Methods which May he Used In
Lieu of Inhumatiop-The Latest

Modern science has determined positively
against the common practice Of inhumation
on sanitary grounds Wherever the popula-
ton is dense. as it is in all great cities, it is
seen at once that the custom Of burying the
bodies Of deceased persons is a certain and
fruitful source OF disease. Water and air are
alike polluted and rendered dangerous to life
by the placing In the earth the lifcless Jumps
Of clay which will in time be- resolved into
their native element, but which, in the mean
time, give forth noxiOus exhalations For
this reason the practice Of irtra-mural burial
has been done away with, and modern Gene
teries are placed as far ss possible from
municipal centers.
In lieu of inhumation, the scientists of the
present day have devised four methods,
namely cremation, concentration, coking and
electro plating Crema ion is only the classic
funeral pyre, but without any Of its unpleas
ant and revolving attendants The body is
reduced to n handful of ashes by intense heat
in a furnace, 30 arranged that not hing dis
agreeable transpires during The process
The process Of cokinz is similar, but in
stead OF being burned the body IS cT-n~ed 10
fameless heat and reduced to a Boz brittle
substance instead of TO ashes
Concentration does not deal direct 49, wiki the
body but with its environments H. consists
in hermotically sealing the coffin by Il coat Of
the finest cement all round it. The advan
tages Of a sarcophagus are secured IN this
way without its expense.
But the latest method and one which is
growing into popular favor Is Anticipating
1t is the application Of a perfectly even
metallic coating to tho surface Of the body
itself by tho same process which produces an
electrotype plate. The method is briefly this:
The body is washed with alcohol and
sprinkled over with fine graphite powder, to
insure the perfect conduction Of electricity.
| 1t is then placed in bath Of metallic solution
containing piece Of tho metal TO be used.
To this Is attached tho positive pole Of n
strong battery, tho negative pole is applied to
the body and fine film Of the metal at once
begins TO cover the body perfectly and
evenly. This may be kept up until the coat
ing attains any desired thickness.
To this process there would seem 10 be no
valid objection. In effect it transforms the
corpse in a beautiful statue, form, features
and even expression being perfectly pre-
served. No change is brought about in APP
pearance, except that face and figure are
covered with shining veil, through which
the familiar linsaments appear with all their
well remembered characteristics and ex-
| preston San Francisco Chronicle.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-02-03
ELECTION IN BRITISH HONDURAS
Day of Much Rejoicing-A Big Feast,
Music and Dancing.

Music and Dancing.
Election day is celebrated with much re-
Joicing, just as II used TO be before Europeans
came 20 America. The Spanish chroniclers
tell us that 1t was then customary for those
going out Of office TO give banquet TO their
successors, and at tho present time the au-
thorties Of those villages always spread
banquet election day. Tbs entire repast is
placed on the table at once, except tho tor
tillas. Fresh supplies OF these are brought
stesming hot 10 the table every few minutes
Only men take part in this feast of the poll
ticianS and boys wait on them. In the even
ing the hall is cleared for dancing; then the
women ana girls appear They are dressed
with cOlOred embroidery and have bright
colored scarfs around their shoulders Bulk
seems 10 be their idea of elegance, for each
haS several very full skirts, all stfily starched
Their gold ornaments, earrings, necklaces
and finger rings are very numerous-made
from ore found in their native soil. Some Of
the girls are beautiful, though all are short
In stature like the men.
The musical instrument most used by these
people is the marimba, played after the man
ner OF dulcimer, but made Of wood and
pieces OF hide. The tones OF the marimba
are plaintivs, sweet and melodious 1t can
be heard at long distance in the still night
air.
The women sit around the room, but the
men stand in groups. When the dancing is
TO commence one of them only advances to
tho middle OF the floor and mods to the woman
he desires for partner. She leaves her seat
and goes to face him, standing few feet off
They perform q jig, hardly moving their bod
les, though the steps are varied and rapid
occasionally they exchange places, but never
clasp hands. Without even looking at her
partner, the woman returns TO her seat when
the fancy takes her, and he, without chang
ing his position, invites some one else by a
nod for he is expected to remain on foot till
tho music ceases. Then another takes his
place; so dancing is kept up till midnight,
all conducting themselves with the greatest
decorum. but merry peals OF laughter are
heard now and again, and every one seems
perfectly happy, chatting gayly as they wend
their way hOmeward in the soft moonlight
Cor Home Journal
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-02-03

The marmoset belongs to the South Ameri-
can monkey family. 1t is found chiefly in
Guiana and Brazil. 1t is the most doclle and
petable Of all the monkey family. But it IS
not very plentiful, owing to its strictly mono
gami habits. Monkey husband and monkey
wife pair off and hang together 50 faithfully
that il they were human beings the divorce
courts would be bankrupted.
The marmoset has a coat Of long, very soft
fur. 1t is white and reddish yellow, striped
with black It's tail is black and white
ringed The creature has long tuft OF
light hair just behind each check, which
makes it look something like an old man. 1t
makes a shrill, barking cry, from which it
is sometimes called Ouistid. 1t lives on a
mixed diet, but is especially fond Of cock
reaches.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-02-03
THE LOVERS REASONING.
Ted why | love herr Tell me why,
Turning from murlSy town aud pusl

TED why love herr Tell me why,
Turning from murlxy town aud pushing men,
You love the woodland path, the placid sky,
I'll answer then.
Why do love herr Analyze
Where in the violet perfume is
Where In the musics strain the tears arise.
Can you do thisY
Tell why I love herr Yes, when You
Reveal the secret which in snowdrops lie,
or strain the beauty from the drops OF dew,
Then II tell why.
Why do love herr First make clear
Whence steals through minister aisles the rest
ful spell
That fills with mystic sense the atmosphere
then will tell
Yes. love, turn 10 thee from glare and crowd
Tender as dales in spring. as summers cloud
Soothing a. gentlest song. soft perfume
Purcr than beads Of dew, or snowdrop's bloom.
in thy presence rest. where tumults cease,
The minister gate is closed, within il peace
Temple Bar.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-02-03
Time Wasted in Shaving.

The poet Campbell is said to have calcu-
lated that a man who shaves himself every
day, and lives to the age of three score years
and ten, expends in his life as much time in
the act of shaving as would suffice for learn
ing seven languages The great French
naturalist, Cuvier, said that he found him
self wasting as much time with the shaving
brush and razor as amounted to at least four
days in the year, and he resolved thenceforth
to waste no more precious time in that way
and to let his beard grow-Exchange.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-02-03
A New Kfnk.

$50 Miss Blank is married" he inquired.
yes Il heard that her father gave her
checl, for $4,000" ayes, he did" "Was it
good for anything" "Well, that's the point
that puzzles everybody who was there They
were all crowding around to see if it was GER
tilted, when she held it aloft and exclaimed:
Dear father, but these diamonds are enoughP
She touched it TO the gas and away it went.
think it's a new kink, and one intended To
cave the old man. Detroit Free Pres.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-02-03
Tho Coast of Now Jersey.

The Atlantic coast of New Jersey is ninety
miles long, and a generation ago was bar
rem waste of sand and scrub oak. Then the
property. where are now thriving hamlets
and prosperous seaside resorts, was valued at
less than s. OOO, 900; to-day the same property
is assessed for taxation at upward Of $780,
900 900 Boston Transcript.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-02-03
Not So Expensive Now.

Mrs. Muggins-And 50 your daughter has
married one Of your boarders' Mrs. Wug-
cins-Yes; he was the most expensive boarder
I've had since came to Omaha-always III
the house, keeping the fires blazing and the
gas burning; why, he liked to ruined me-
"But your daughter married him Yes;
be spends his evenings at the club now
Omaha World
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-02-03
RAILROADS.
AIRLINE.
RICHMOND AND DANVILLE SYSTEM.

SCHEDULE
IN EFFECT JANUARY 3, 1887.
Train raj p,d heays T raj Richmond A5TlSs
g : .s:sS pm. 3 "a: :s:tS P%:
Ron-Air Accommodation leaves Richmond
5I5 pint; arrive Richmond Sal ami
Mixed Train leaves Manchester GAO ami for
BurkeNllc stopping at intermediate stations
arrives Manchester $40 pm.t
SLEEPING-CAR SERVICE.
On Trains ~ and 50 sleeping cars are run be
tween Richmond and Greensboro. These cars
are omen at pm. for passengers. Sleeplng-cars
are also run on 80 and 50 between Danville and
Montgomery, Danville and Aiken, Greensboro
and Raleigh; on trains Nos. 80 and 81 sleeping
cars are run between DanVllle ana Atiahla'
and Danville and New Orleans
CONNECTIONS.
Train No. 81 makes close connections at
Greensboro for Raleigh, GOldsDorO,, ana more,
head City; at Salisbury for Ashyllle ana All
points in Western North Carolina; and Char-
tOttee with CharOttee, Columbia, and Augusta
railroad for Columbia, Augusta, Aiken, Sa-
vannah. Charleston, and Florida; also with
Carolina Central railroad Tor W INN gton' &c
Train No 81 has Pullman Buffet sleeping car
from Danvile TO Aiken, making close con
nection for Charleston, Savannah, and Jack
sOnyille.
Trains Nos. 30 and 81 make close connection at
Greensboro for Raleigh and all points on
North Carolina division. Pullman sleeper -
run ON these trains between Greensboro and
Raleigh. ..- ,,,,.,,,, ,,,-,,
TRAINS ON YORK-RiVER LINE.
Leave Richmond Arrive Richmond
$500 nm. 1000 am,
Leave 2Sth street. Arrive 2Sth street
fI:lO am. Freight. 1920 pm Freight
Train leaving Richmond at 3D pm. connects
at West Point every Monday, Tuesday, Ihurs-
day. and Saturday with boat, arriving at Bati-
more am.
Richmond to Baltimore only 81, first
class $50 sccOnd-cass
*Daily. +Daily except sunday.
DepOf and ticket Office foot Virginia street,
up-t6wn office. corner Tenth aud Main streets.
JAMES J.. TAYLOR,
General Passenger Agent.
Sol. HAAS, Traffic Manager.
Il. h. THOMAS. General Manager. jas
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-02-03

A pupil of List relates the following anec-
d0te. "On one occasion the master and sew
eral Of us from Weimar were spending the
evening with Ferdinand David, who desired
to try a new composition through with the
master. you VIII find the piano part said
he, a. be touched the music with his bow,
very difficult We all felt indignant at
Dayids arrogance, but List said nothing.
The piece began with broad, majestic move
ment, the piano part grew more and more
brilliant. David's face changed expire sion as
though some important fact were dawnlng
upon him, aud finally he stopped playing al
together why he gasped, he is playing
the violin part toor List continued without
noticing the mortified violinist, and brought
the piece to a magnificent close. 1t was
rebuke that David never forgot. "-BoSton
Transcript
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-02-03
tDaily except Sunday

FDaly. tD8iIy except Sunday
Trains on buckingham railroad branch leave
Bremo Bluff for AKRON daily ex cept sunday,
at 6l8 am. and GIT pm. Returning, leave
AKRON daily, except Sunday, at 0fO am ana
6:35 pm. a.,
Sleeping-cars attached 10 Trains Nos. 9 and
10 between Lynchburg and Richmond.
CONNECT1ONS.-At Clifton Forge with Z.
& o. R'y for the South, West and Northwest.
south. Southeast and Southwest, V. NJ Ry
for all points North and South. AT Richmond
with Associated Railways for all points IN the
South, and r., +. p. X. X Tor al points
making close connection at Harper's Ferry 10
and from Pittsburg and the West, also To points
North and East. For further information ap
ply 10 j. X. MACMURDO, G. y. A,
1e4 Richmond. Va.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-02-03

lne PRESIDENT or tne Berlin police calls at
IGNITION TO the advantages accruing TO police
authorities everywhere by taking profile pho
Ographs Of criminals which viii distinctly
show the left ear. He says that while tho
features Of the face change in tho course Of
time, tho ear retains its shape forever, and
furthermore, there are no two persons whose
cars are identically med.-Boston Trans
cript
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-02-03

Bon-Air Accommodation leaves Richmond
5:l5 PINT: arrive Richmond Sal amt
Mixed Train leaves Manchester 64O AMI 1or
RurkeySllc. stopping at intermediate stations
nrrirns Manchester $40 pm.t.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-02-03

SCH EDU DE
IN EFFECT JANUARY 3, 1887.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-02-03
VALENTINES DAY.
now a BISHOPS NAME CAME TO Be
PERPETUATeD.

,..,car valentine and Its Base Uses
Weapon in Vogue with the Coward
,1c--Dcmons Of Spite--School-
,c,,' Opportunity
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-01-17
The Coal Famine

Mr.. John f. Randall of the firm of Ran
dali q McAllister, said yesterday: Il don't
propose to give the actual amount of coal
now on hand, but say that if a new supply
could not be obtained it would be exhausted
in about three weeks.
"One thing is not understood. Were it
possible to end the strike between this and
Monday morning the situation would still be
grave enough. A schooner cannot be loaded
at once, and, if loaded, cannot be depended
upon to make quick passage from New
York. If the strike should end, we couldn't
expect to obtain an adequate supply in less
than month, and if it isn't settled for two
weeks, you can see where it would put us. .
What do you think of the strike %
The. men ought to have more pay
know that If | was a coal handler in New
York l should want to be paid more than
they have been getting. This strike is the
legitimate result of an attempt to sell coal at
universal rise. The public must pay more
Tor COAL, Last summer we delivered the
best coal obtainable at $525 per ton. |
believe that for this market So ton would
be fair market price. 1t would enable us
TO pay good water rates, and it would enable
balance sheet Of one Of the best mines in the
country recently, and found that thew had
sunk $4,000 in three months"
Sargent, Dennison & Co. have only about
one-third stock and nothing on the way
Rounds q Son are down to 300 tons.
ID. s. Warren & Co. have for the present a
supply, but have nothing on the way: and
a. 1. Randall q Co. are now buying Of Ran
dali d McAllister. The stock of soft coal is
pretty well gone, and there is no prospect of
Obtaining any more.
Ihe ocean steamers will be obliged to take
over supply Of coal for the return trip, thus
freight capacity.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-01-17

would. Mr.. Milhken decided to take out the
policies and Mr.. Adams sent TO Mr.. Sparrow
and got them. Mr.. Adams tnr,hsn aroteS nv
that this was the niaisfo s., Ia. ~
kind Ne MAS 70 IN business with MIN; q
S M Libby, of the firm of Dow, Coiiln q
Ijhby. stated in relation to the policies
placed by them in the Angle. American, tnat
as near as he could remember the matter
without an examination OF his DOCKS, the
policies were given up and the premiums re-
turned as soon the firm becamellaware that
the company was not good. -,,.,
Mr. Anderson said IN regard 10 tne poiicies
placed by Palmer & Anderson, that as ne
recollected the transaction, his firm were at
that time placing some Insurance for MI.
Furbish and requested policies for $4,000 from
Mr.. g. A. Sparrow. The policies in the An
clio American were sent by Mr.; Sparrow 70
Palmer & Anderson, who, not believing the
company reliable, cancelled the policies and
Mr.. John e. Dow said in regard to the
policy for G. e. Dole, on the estate OF U.
Soule issued in the Anglo-Amerlcan Conf
pany through Mr.. BOWS agency, tnat MI
Wharf who was in partnership with MI
Dow at the time told Mr.. Dole that the com
pany was reliable. Mr.. Dow, on the other
hand, said that he believed the Anglo -Ames
lean unsound and advised Mr.. Dole not 70 III,
sure in it. Mr.. Dole, relied in the staseilslilss
| of Mfr. Wharf and took out his pehcy. pup-
sequently the Anglo-American went % pieces s
| and Mr.. Dole was loser MT, pole I taeei
told Nh. Dow that he eyoneIateu mn wh rvla
| all responsibility in the matter. MI. Wharn
As to the policy in the Amicable Company
| Mr.. Dow said he had no recollection OF ~,
| and If il was issued through his agency, 4
WAS done without his knowledge.
Mr.. j. w. Munger and Mr.. warren opar
row reside out of town and could not be seei
| ,,aetardav
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-01-17
CITY GOVERNMENT.
Meeting of the Mayor and aldermen.

A meeting of the Board of Mayor and Al
dermen was held at 4o'clock saturday after
noon. The full board was PRESENT.
Mayor Chapman was authorized to attend
the annual meeting of tie Portland and
Ogdensburg Railroad and the Portland and
Ogdensburg Railway, AID to cast the city's
ballot for S. j. Andersen, II. N. Jose, w. f.
Milliken, G II. Amsden, S. r. Small, Francis
Fessenden, f. N. Don, w. H. Woodbury. S.
w. Thaxter, land c. J. Chapman for directors.
The Mayor was also directed to otherwise
act for the city's interest as he deems best
A communication was received from De-
putty Collector Smith, stating that the bark
I. c. Merriman, bound here from the cholera
infected port of Buenos Ayres, was spoken
off Cape Cod on the 18th inst The cholera
is said to be raging at Buenos Ayres. The
action of the board directs the harbor master
to detain the bark in the lower harbor, take
possession Of her bill of health, and report
the matter to the Board of Health The
Board of Mayor and Aldermen, in cases of
this kind, constitute the Board of Health,
ana have full power. The bark will not be
allowed to enter the upper harbor until
clean bill of hea 18th is obtained